Let`s Take A Walk Around The Block

<br>I never traveled further North than old Van Courtland Park<br>and never further South than the aquarium<br>I`ve seen the charm of Jersey City, but first let me remark<br>I saw it from the empire state solarium<br><br>But we`ve been putting nickels in the postal savings bank<br>and when those nickels pile up, we can toddle off in swank<br>and I don`t mean an ordinary cook`s tour<br>I mean a cabin de-luxe tour<br><br>Someday we`ll go places<br>New lands and new faces<br>The day we quit punching the clock<br>The future looks pleasant,<br>But at present<br>Let`s take a walk around the block.<br><br>You`re just the companion<br>I want at Grand Canyon<br>for throwing old blades down the rock<br>The money we have`ll go for travel<br>Meantime, let`s walk around the block.<br><br>Gangway, we`ll begin<br>When our, ship comes in<br>I`ll sit on your lap<br>All over the map<br><br>To London in May time<br>To Venice in play time<br>To Paris in time for a frock<br>To Boston in bean time<br>Darling, meantime<br>Let`s take a walk around the block.<br><br>(bridge)<br><br>In Winter at Christmas,<br>We`ll visit the isthmus<br>And see how they lock up a lock<br>And then in Caracas, on a jackass,<br>We`ll take a ride around the block.<br><br>We`ll keep to our promise,<br>To visit St. Thomas<br>And then at Jamaica we`ll dock<br>The prospect is thrilling,<br>Still I am willing,<br>Just now to walk around the block.<br><br>Onward, to Cathay<br>Then to Mandalay<br>Boom on to Bangkok<br>P`r`aps Vladivostok<br><br>We`ll send the folks cables<br>Accumulate labels<br>Buy souvenirs till we`re in hock<br>But since we are flat in old Manhattan<br>Let`s take a walk around the block.